GROWTH OF NATURAL COSMETICS MOST PROMINENT OF RECENT FRANCE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MARKET TRENDS

BY DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS BUILDING on its long-held global reputation for quality natural ingredients, France has now emerged as the second biggest natural and organic cosmetics market in Europe, after Germany. A January 2012 report by international consultants Deloitte - the most comprehensive yet conducted exclusively on the French natural cosmetics industry - calculated an average 2005-2009 growth rate of 25%. This, said the report 'Produits de beauté bio: croissance durable?: état des lieux et perspectives en France', compared to only 4% growth for the ...


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